Latvia women's national basketball team

The Latvia women's national basketball team is the national women's basketball team representing Latvia. It is administered by the Latvian Basketball Association. It has participated in EuroBasket Women three times and once in the Olympic Games.

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Latvia men's national basketball team.
Latvia
FIBA ranking29 Decrease 4 (21 August 2023)[1]
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationLBS
CoachMārtiņš Gulbis
Olympic Games
Appearances1
World Cup
Appearances1
EuroBasket
Appearances10
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away

History

Golden age of Latvia women's national basketball team was from 2007 to 2009, when head coach was Ainars Zvirgzdiņš. In EuroBasket 2007 Latvia first time in history reached semi-final. In third place game they lost to Belarus. This result allowed to get in 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament, which had overpowered in next summer in Madrid, and Latvia took part of 2008 Summer Olympics.

EuroBasket 2009 was held in Latvia. In this tournament Latvia reached quarterfinal, where they lost to Russia in overtime with 64–69. They also lost to Italy in classification rounds. Latvia got seventh place in this tournament. After this tournament head coach Ainars Zvirgzdiņš and several players left national team.

In EuroBasket 2011 head coach was Greek basketball coach George Dikeoulakos. In his management Latvia also reached quarterfinal, but latterly got eighth place.

In EuroBasket 2013 head coach was Aigars Nerips, Latvia lost all of three games.

In EuroBasket 2015 Latvia lost in the first round.

In EuroBasket 2017, Mārtiņš Zībarts was assigned to manage the national team, Latvia got out of the low tide and reached quarterfinal, they got sixth place finally.

In EuroBasket 2019, Mārtiņš Zībarts was still in charge of the national team, Latvia was eliminated in qualification for quarterfinals.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

World Cups

EuroBasket
EuroBasket Women Qualification
Year Position Pld W L Pld W L
Poland 1999 9th / 12 7 3 4
France 2001 Did not enter
Greece 2003 Did not enter
Turkey 2005 6th / 12 8 4 4
Italy 2007 4th / 16 9 6 3
Latvia 2009 7th / 16 9 5 4
Poland 2011 8th / 16 9 3 6 6 4 2
France 2013 15th / 16 3 0 3 8 5 3
HungaryRomania 2015 13th / 20 4 2 2 6 5 1
Czech Republic 2017 6th / 16 7 3 4 4 3 1
LatviaSerbia 2019 11th / 16 4 1 3
FranceSpain 2021 Did not qualify
IsraelSlovenia 2023 13th / 16 3 1 2 4 4 0
Total632835

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2023.[2][3]

Latvia women's national basketball team roster roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PF 4 Paula Strautmane 26 – (1997-03-23)23 March 1997 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) AE Sedis Bàsquet Spain
SG 6 Ketija Vihmane 22 – (2001-03-05)5 March 2001 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) Saarlouis Royals Germany
PF 10 Karlīne Pilābere 32 – (1990-11-16)16 November 1990 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Alma Basket Patti Italy
PF 11 Aija Jurjāne 35 – (1988-01-15)15 January 1988 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Galatasaray Turkey
C 12 Anete Šteinberga (C) 33 – (1990-01-29)29 January 1990 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Tango Bourges Basket France
SG 15 Ieva Pulvere 32 – (1990-07-22)22 July 1990 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Galatasaray Turkey
PG 16 Ilze Jākobsone 29 – (1994-04-19)19 April 1994 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) TTT Riga Latvia
F 21 Vanesa Jasa 19 – (2003-07-09)9 July 2003 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) TTT Riga Latvia
PF 23 Aleksa Gulbe 23 – (2000-02-05)5 February 2000 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) CB Avenida Spain
C 25 Marta Miščenko 27 – (1995-11-27)27 November 1995 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) TTT Riga Latvia
SF 33 Kitija Laksa 27 – (1996-05-21)21 May 1996 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Virtus Bologna Italy
SF 35 Kate Krēsliņa 27 – (1996-04-14)14 April 1996 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) TTT Riga Latvia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 15 June 2023

Notable players

Notable coaches

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  2. "Sieviešu valstsvienība pirms starta EuroBasket2023: desmit odziņas" (in Latvian). latvijas.basket.lv. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  3. "Team Roster: Latvia" (PDF). fiba.basketball. 15 June 2023. p. 10. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

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